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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

New Hospital Payment Option Saves<br />

Patients' Time<br />

By Zhang Jiawei<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2010--05—14<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=274056650<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, May 14, 2010: A new service which allows patients to pay the total<br />

amount <strong>of</strong> their bill before leaving the hospital, instead <strong>of</strong> having to pay each time<br />

before receiving any medical checkup or treatment, will save them 25 to 30 percent<br />

<strong>of</strong> their time, the Beijing <strong>News</strong> reported Friday.<br />

The service, piloted at <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> People's Hospital, will be available in all <strong>of</strong><br />

the country's State-owned hospitals in the future, Zhao Minggang, deputy director <strong>of</strong><br />

the department <strong>of</strong> medical administration under the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Health, said<br />

Thursday.<br />

Patients will only have to pay once before leaving the hospital but they will have to<br />

first pre-pay some deposits when they come for their medical treatment. The deposit<br />

won't be needed in the future, but is currently required as China's credit system has<br />

not been set up, according to the newspaper.<br />

A patient named Qi Ying at <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> People's Hospital said Thursday the<br />

new service saved her at least half an hour from having to queue.<br />

Zhao said the pilot operation <strong>of</strong> the service has attracted a positive response from<br />

the country's medical institutions, with the Ningbo First People's Hospital trying not to<br />

ask for a deposit when providing the new service, and hospitals in Henan have also<br />

started to adopt the new service.<br />

Edited By : Jacques<br />

Source : China Daily<br />

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